On Wednesday, the California Senate Education Committee rejected Assemblymember Susan Bonilla’s AB 934 in a 5-2 bipartisan vote, with two committee members not voting. The bill was originally introduced to address the state’s broken teacher employment laws at issue in the Vergara appeal, but would have failed to do so after amendments […continue]

This week, the Orange County Register editorial board weighed in on efforts to change California’s teacher employment laws to improve outcomes for students in the state’s worst-performing schools. In the editorial, the board reaffirmed its support of the historic educational equity lawsuit, Vergara v. California, sending a clear message to the California Supreme […continue]

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